--- title: And the little thing told him: “It will be better for you to let me… — English Fairy Tales · tree and pragmatics description: And the little thing told him: “It will be better for you to let me go with you; maybe I shall do some good to you some time without you knowing it.” Who acts: little thing, It, King. 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The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (little thing, It, King), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Parsed by Mova, not checked by a teacher.** This tree is Mova's own parse (the `en` model, on the CPU, when the site is built); it may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg7439:20:66 # text = And the little thing told him: “It will be better for you to let me go with you; maybe I shall do some good to you some time without you knowing it.” 1 And and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 told tell VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 : : PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 8 “ " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 10 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 11 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 12 cop _ _ 12 better good ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 ccomp _ _ 13 for for SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 14 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 15 to to PART TO _ 16 mark _ _ 16 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 12 csubj _ _ 17 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 16 obj _ _ 18 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 xcomp _ _ 19 with with ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 20 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ; ; PUNCT , _ 25 punct _ _ 22 maybe maybe ADV RB _ 25 advmod _ _ 23 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 25 nsubj _ _ 24 shall shall AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 25 aux _ _ 25 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 16 conj _ _ 26 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 25 obj _ _ 27 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 26 amod _ _ 28 to to ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 29 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 25 obl _ _ 30 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 31 det _ _ 31 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 25 obl:unmarked _ _ 32 without without SCONJ IN _ 34 mark _ _ 33 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 34 nsubj _ _ 34 knowing know VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 25 advcl _ _ 35 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 34 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 36 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 37 ” " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | past | the little thing | | King | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | future | It | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **let** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | King | the little thing *= thing* | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **go** *in a quote* | infinitive | the little thing *= thing* *not said here* | | | | | with King | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with you=Beneficiary | | 5 | **do** *in a quote* | shall | the little thing *= thing* | some | King | | time | maybe *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent some=Eventuality | | 6 | **know** *in a quote* | gerund | King | trouble | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «English Fairy Tales» by Joseph Jacobs, Project Gutenberg book 7439 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 65](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/20/65/) - next →: [sentence 67](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/20/67/) - ↑ back to [Jack and His Golden Snuff-box](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg7439/20/)